Shannon Zdroik, a trainer with CrossFit Stevens Point, demonstrates proper technique for squats during a workout session at the gym, located at 1400 Contractor Boulevard in Plover.

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Nathan Vine
| Central Wisconsin Sunday

PLOVER - Scott Keyser said nothing like CrossFit gym existed in the Stevens Point area when he moved from Colorado two years ago, and he decided to change that.

Keyser had been training with CrossFit, a strength and conditioning program, for a couple of years and found it so effective that he opened his own gym in Stevens Point three months ago. So many customers have been attracted to his vision that he moved last week into a new, 5,000-square-foot facility in Plover to accommodate them all.

"It was something that I was just passionate about," Keyser, 43, said. "I honestly thought it would be ...